Reporting biometric auth nearly every use

I'm using pixel 7 pro with Auto-Lock on Exit Set to 8 hours. It Behaves as intended.
Minimize 1password (don't close). Tried autofill to apps and website without asking for Biometric.

Reporting back on the need to re-auth on each use - dialing battery optimization does not charge the behavior. Still seems to need auth on almost every use. That wouldn't be as big a problem if the Pixel's in-screen fingerprint reader was better, but it fails almost every time

I will try both of the things you suggest. Does the second thing imply that gboard is the problem?

Thanks for following up with me jkane001, my apologies for the delay in reply.

I'd like to ask you to set battery optimization (device settings > Apps > 1Password > Battery) to unrestricted for 1Password then check for a difference in locking behavior.

I did some testing with the Starbucks and Zaxby's app and found they were both more responsive with prompts below fields. You can change that setting with these steps:
1. Open and unlock 1Password for Android.
2. Tap the account or collection icon.
3. Tap Settings > Autofill.
4. Tap Display Autofill prompts > Below the fields they relate to.

Let me know if you see an improvement with that change.

I typically unlock through autofill prompts.

I don't specifically run apps in the background, but I also don't force close apps, and I am a pretty prolific user of apps, so there probably are a bunch open in the background at any given time. I did have a pixel 6 pro (just switched it out for a 7 pro), so I don't tend to think of resources as particularly stretched.

Side note - in setting up my new device, I noticed that there's a number of apps that don't cause the prompt in any way in Gboard, and almost every time, selecting "autofill" in the context menu didn't really in anything happening. Sometimes I'd get a toast telling me it couldn't autofill, but mostly just nothing happened at all.

Examples: Starbucks & Zaxby's. Also apps that have login ID on one screen and password on the next seemed universally bad WRT autofill.

Hi jkane001, thanks for writing in and letting us know about this issue.

Behavior like this is typically caused by inadvertently locking the app, battery optimization or a few other device factors locking 1Password silently in the background.

Do you typically unlock 1Password for Android directly or primarily through Autofill prompts? Do you typically keep multiple apps open in the background?

Thanks again!